Supplemental table for book-binders



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

TO W. O. HICKOK, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

SUPPLEMENTAL TABLE FOR BOOK-BINDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 43,456, dated July 5, 1864.

To all whom 1Stmay concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. GOEE, ofthe city and county of Washington, and District ot' Columbia, have invented a new and valuable Implement for the use of Book-Binders in Finishing the Covers of Books; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in providing for the support of the book to be iinished a rotating boa-rd or turntable capable of being revolved freely in one direction in order to bring the different sides of the book into convenient reach `of the workman, but prevented bysuitable mechanism from turning in the opposite direction, to avoid change of position under the action of the finishingtool.

To insure a clearer understanding of the construction and mode of operation ot' the implement,I will proceed, with the aid of drawings, to give a particular description ot' it.

Figure l represents the implement in perspective, with a book upon it undergoing the process of iinishing. A portion of the side appears cut away, to show the internal construction. Figs. 2 and 3 represent the upper and lower parts separated from each other to expose those parts not so readily seen in perspective.

The implement, it y ill be perceived, consists, essentially, of two similar pieces of board of sufcient size to receive the largest blankbook the binder may be required to linish. They are designated by the letters B and C in the drawings. One of these,-C,is firmly fastened to the surface of the work bench D when the implement is in use. In the center of its upper surface, and Hush therewith, is a circular iron plate, bearing upon its center a projeeting boss or pivot, e, surrounded by a eircular rack, f. In the middle of the lower surface of the board B is another plate of iron, containing at its center a socket, g, made to liit the pivot e, and near its circumference a click or pawl, h, which takes into the teeth of the rack f. The upper surfaceot the boa-rd B may be covered .with sheepskin or other material, to prevent the abrasion of the sides of the book. Let now the board B be placed upon the board C and it will be perceived that, turning on the pivot e, it will revolve freely toward the workman, while the pawl h, taking into the teeth of the rack f, prevents it from turning from him under the action ofthe tool. A large and heavy book may thus, with one hand, be readily turned so as to bring every part of it within convenient reach without danger of injury to its polished sides and without the necessity` of laying down the tool.

1t is obvious that a great saving of time may be effected by the use of this implement, since from the rapidity with which the tinisher may proceed he can accomplish much more before it becomes necessary to reheat the tool than if he were obliged to lift the book whenever it required to be turned.

\ I claim as my invention and desire to have eno. r. GOEE.

Witnesses J oHN S. HoLLINGsnEAD,

JOHN D. BLooR. 

